Improvement in sad-sron heaters



S.. J. OROCKETT. Sad-Iron Heater.

No. 210,997. Patemed De .'17,'i878.

'UNITED S'rrns SAMUEL J. ROGKETT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND VILLIAM J. MCLAUGHLIN, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD-IRON HEATERS.

Speciiication forming partof Letters Patent No. 210.997. datcd December 17, 1878 application filcd November 25, 1878.

To all who-m it may concern;

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. Gnocicefr'r, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Heaters for Sad or Flat Irons, and other purposes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved heater, with a smoothing-iron in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a Vertical section through the center of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the heater, with a receptacle for containing liquid applied thereto.

Sad or flat irons have been constructed hollow, with openings for the passage of the air, and adapted to lit over a gas-burner, so as to be heated by the iiame therefrom. This construction is, however, obj ectionable, for the reason that the contact of thefiame with the interior of the iron causes soot to eollect thereon, which, during the motion of the iron when in use, is liable to drop out onto and soil the olothes or other articles being ironed.

My invention has for its object to overcome this difficulty; and consists in a lamp or gasburner provided with a metallic chininey, over which the smoothing-iron to be heated is placed, the chimney passing up within the iron, which is provided with a suitable aperture or apertures to insure the required draft of air to support combustion, by which means the direct contact of the flame With the interior or exterior of the iron is avoided, and the deposition of soot thereon entirely prevented.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents the body or oil-reservoir of a lamp, which is provided with an ordinaryr kerosene-burner, 13,130 which is fitted a metallic chimney, O, made preferebly of sheet-iron. This chimney O is provided with a cyliudrical base, b, which fits the burner, above which it is of rectangular form in crosssection, and tapers on two sides toward the top, as seen in Fig. 8.

To two opposite sides of the base b are secured two hwings or plates, (Z c, which are inclined downward and outward, the plate d being hinged to one edge of the reservor A, while the plate e rests upon the opposite edge thereof, where it is held firmly in place by a catch, f, or other suitable device.

D is a smoothing-iron, which is made hollow, or with a tapering passage, g, extending through it from end to end, to admit of its being placed over the chimney in an upright position, as seen in Figs. l and 2, and removed therefrom, the iron resting directly upon the top of the base Z), and being supported thereby, and also steadied by the upper portion of the chimney, which passes up within it, the passage g corresponding in shape and size to the portions of the chimney contiguous thereto when the iron is in place thereon.

The air for supporting combustion enters the burner B, as usual, through the holes in its exterior casing, the heated air and products of combustion passing off through the top of the chimney and the end of the passage g at the point or toe of the iron.

When the lamp is lighted and the smoothing-iron is in place, as seen in Figs. l and 2, it will be rapidly and thoroughly heated by the radiation from the metallic chimney O, which effectually prevents the fiame from coming into contact with the interior of the iron when in place, or with its outer surface when it is being placed upon the heater or removed therefrom, and consequently thel deposition of soot upon the interior or exterior of the iron is effectually prevented, and the liability of the article being ironed being soiled by the dropping of soot thereupon entirely avoided.

Should it be desired to use the heater for heating liquids, the iron D is renioved from the chiinney O, and a metallic receptacle, E, applied thereto, as seen in Fig. 3, so as to lie against the side thereof, the bottom of the reeeptacle resting on the base b, and the top being secured by a hook, h, cr other device which will allow of its ready attachment or detachment; liquid placed within the receptacle E, when thus applied to the chimney O, being rapidly heated thereby, and a ready and convenient means is thus afforded for heat-ing liquids at night, or at other times when the neoessity of employing a stove would oocasion delay and ineonvenienoe.

If it should be desired to use the apparatns as a lamp, the pin i' of the hinge k may be.

withdrawn, and the metallic ohimney removed and replaced by an ordinary glass one of a suitable size to fit the burner B.

The ehimney O may be of any suitable forln and instead of being hinged, as shown7 to allow of its being thrown over to one side, both What I claini as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A lamp or gas-burner provided With a metallie Chimney, O, in combination With a smoothing-iron adapted to fit thereover, Whereby the direct contact of the flame with the interior 01' exterior of the iron is avoided, snbstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 19th day of November, A. D. 1878.

sAMUEL J. eRooKETT.

In presenoe of v P. E. TEsoHEMAoHER, W. J. OAMBRLDGE. 

